alonzo kimball



A. KIMBALL.

PIN TICKET.

(No Model.)

No. 301,244. Patented July 1, 1884.

NITED rates ALONZO KIMBALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIN-TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,244, dated July 1, 1884.

Application filedhlarch 17, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may'concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO KIMBALL, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented an Improved Pin-Ticket; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,

This invention relates to an improvement in a certain Size and Quality Ticket, for which Letters Patent No. 149, 896 were granted to one Hal nieagh Van Geasen on April 21,1874; and the object of the invention is to adapt said ticket to be used on plug-tobacco and similararticles, and also on boxes and packages of various kinds.

In the ticket above mentioned the points or spring fasteners, after having been passed through the article or fabric to which the ticket is attached, are turned back overthe under surface or reverse side of the article;

but in my improvement a single straight point is used, which is adapted to penetrate the article to which the ticket is attached without passing through the same.

My invention consists in a pin-ticket, as an improved article of manufacture, composed of two layers of paper or other suitable material, and a metal fastener, having astraight-pointed shank adapted to be driven by a hammer or mallet into the article to which the ticket is attached, the said shank being passed through the lower layer of paper, and set at right angles to the head of the fastener,whicl1 latter is made in the form of a flat coil, and is inclosed between said layers, all as hereinafter particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved pin-ticket attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line as x, and Fig. 3 is a view of the wire fastener detached from the ticket.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A may represent a plug of tobacco, or the side or top of a box, or other solid substance to which the ticket is to be attached. B is the upper layer of the ticket, and O the lower layer thereof, both of which may be of cardboard, paper, or other suit-able material.

D represents the wire fastener, which may be of metal or of wire sufficiently stout to admit of its being driven into the article by a hammer or mallet. The head e of this fastener is preferably made in the form of a flat coil; but it may be made solid, or in the form of a flat sheet, if desired, and in either case is made integral with the shank f, which is set at right angles thereto. Thehead e isinserted between the layers B and O, and the shank f is passed through the latter, and is made of any suitable length and brought to a point at h, to admit of its being easily driven into the articleto which the ticket is attached without passing through the same.

In making the ticket the fastener D is first attached to thelayer O,as above described, and the layer B is then pasted or gummed over the latter. Thus constructed the fastener is firmly secured to the ticket without projecting above the upper surface thereof, which latter is thus adapted to receivewriting or other marks descriptive of the goods or the price thereof, and by means of this construction the ticket is adapted for use on solid articles or substances, to which the Van Geasen ticket above mentioned is not applicable by reason of its construction.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is As an improved article of manufacture, a pin-ticket composed of two layers of paper or other suitable material, and a wire or metal fastener, I), having a pointed straight shank, f, adapted to be driven by a hammer or mallet into the article to which the ticket is attached without passing through the same, said shank being integral with and set at about right angles to the head 6, and passed through the lower layer, 0, of the ticket, and the head 0 being inserted between the layers B and O, which compose the ticket, all as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

ALONZO KIMBALL. Witnesses:

JOHN S. Trronwros,

M. II. Torrnvo. 

